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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Monteith, William

Monteith, William , General Merchant, Pembroke. Mr. Monteith, who is an old and respected colonist of long standing, was born in Glasgow in 1840, and is the second son of the late Mr. James Monteith, merchant, of that city. He was educated at Edinburgh University, and entered the service of his cousins, Messrs. John Monteith and Co., calico printers, Glasgow, with whom he remained until 1857, when he emigrated to Melbourne by the s.s. “Royal Charter” (afterwards wrecked with greatloss of life in St. George's Channel). He worked in the country for a short time, then joined the Oriental Bank Corporation, Melbourne, and remained in that institution until 1862. After revisiting Scotland, he came to Dunedin, in 1864, in the barque “Cecilia,” and followed the gold “rushes” at Hamilton. Otago, and on the West Coast. He next became a railway contractor and constructed the Chain Hills section of the Dunedin-Balclutha line. Mr. Monteith settled in Pembroke in 1877, and established the business he now carries on. He takes an active interest in local affairs, and is chairman of the Albertown and Pembroke school committees and Pembroke Public Library, and secretary of the Wanaka Jockey Club.